diff --git a/data/templates/default.man b/data/templates/default.man
index 5b16bdf63..58e078914 100644
--- a/data/templates/default.man
+++ b/data/templates/default.man
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 $if(has-tables)$
-.\"t
+'\" t
 $endif$
 $if(pandoc-version)$
 .\" Automatically generated by Pandoc $pandoc-version$